Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Hotel J W Marriott, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune - 411053
Join us to explore cutting-edge digital technologies, connect with industry leaders, and uncover exciting career opportunities at the forefront of bp’s global digital infrastructure.
Hear from bp leaders and prominent experts from SAP, Microsoft, AWS & Salesforce about the latest trends and applications of digital technology, AI and Generative AI in the energy sector.
Gain hands-on exposure to the technologies shaping the future of energy, including solutions from our technology partners.
Connect with like-minded professionals passionate about contributing to India’s development, including experts from bp, Microsoft & AWS.
Learn about exciting career paths at bp Pune in digital enterprise platforms and systems, compute & data platforms, ERP and digital security.
Discover how digital innovation, with the support of technology leaders like Microsoft & AWS is playing a crucial role in ensuring India’s energy security and driving economic progress.
This event will benefit technology professionals engaged in software engineering, enterprise technical engineering, data analytics, service delivery, architecture, product management and security. Specialists with extensive knowledge and experience in the Microsoft 365 suite, Azure, AWS, SAP, Salesforce, and SNOW technologies are invited to participate.
Arnab Nandi
Vice president – bp digital tech centre, India I global head of disciplines products & projects
Gabi Wagenhofer,
Senior vice president – bp digital core
Fredrika de Courcy Arora,
VP digital workplace, bp joined by senior leader from microsoft
Prashan Thiagarajah,
VP ERP, bp joined by senior leader from SAP
Interaction with leaders, demos on digital innovation, learn about bp culture and career opportunities
Tom Inglis,
VP compute platforms, bp joined by senior leader from AWS
Keisha Garcia,
VP digital enterprise platforms, bp joined by senior leader from Salesforce
bp Leadership team
Networking over drinks
Interaction with leaders, demos on digital innovation, learn about culture and career opportunities
Please Do Not Drink and Drive
Cross Industry Leader, AWS Industries Professional Services, APJ Shubhangi Deshpande leads AWS Industries' professional services team across multiple industry verticals in the Asia Pacific and Japan region, where she focuses on digital cloud transformations, GenAI solutions, and co-creation of cloud-native solutions tailored to specific industry needs. With three decades of global experience , and holding C level positions at organizations including Oracle, SunGard (now FIS), and Virtusa, she has built a track record of orchestrating business growth and transformation initiatives across India, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. She had establishment and management of delivery centers in India, Manila, and Singapore in the past, where she led teams of 500-700 professionals in delivering some award-winning projects. Before her corporate leadership roles, Shubhangi spent eight years as a startup founder in India, building a successful web-based training business with a focus on innovation and diversity. This unique blend of corporate leadership and entrepreneurial experience brings practical depth to her approach in driving digital transformation initiatives.
Vice President, Functions and Group ERP at bp, responsible for delivering digital solutions at scale and leading one of the world’s largest ERP transformations. A recognised change leader, he leverages deep strategic insight and influencing skills to align business and technology, revitalising underperforming programmes into industry-leading successes.
Laurent Valluy is part of SAP UK Services Leadership Team, responsible strategic customer engagements. As an Account Delivery Executive, his mission is to manage SAP Services teams to achieve all SAP commitments, in alignment with the Customer & SAP joint strategy. Laurent joined SAP in 2017 in Singapore, where he led a respectable number of high stakes engagements, in many industries, across APJ. He relocated to London in 2023. Prior to joined SAP, Laurent was already active in SAP APJ ecosystem, as GM of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Applications business for South-East- Asia, Hong-Kong, Taiwan and South-Korea. Laurent was initially recruited by HP France, in the HP Software business Unit focusing on the Telecom Industry, where he held a wide range of positions from R&D to global support services, before relocating to Singapore to manage the APJ regional operations of HP Communication & Media Solutions business unit. Earlier in his career, Laurent worked on developing AI-Expert Systems for monitoring satellites at Airbus Space (formally EADS), and for supporting medical diagnosis at The Finnish National Research Center (Tampere, Finland). He started his career at in the Signal Processing research Dpt of AT&T Bell Labs (Murray-Hill, New-Jersey, USA). Laurent holds a Master of Sciences from “Telecom Paris Tech”, Paris (France) and attended Business Management Programs in INSEAD.
Akhil Joy is a highly skilled Cloud Solution Architect with extensive experience in designing and implementing cloud solutions. He excels in using Copilot and Copilot Studio to boost productivity and streamline workflows for organizations. Moreover, Akhil is an expert in security practices, ensuring that cloud environments are robust and secure.
Fred is the vice president of digital workplace at bp, focused on enhancing employee productivity, collaboration by providing and managing digital workplace products and services. This includes optimizing adoption and application of digital solutions to reduce risk and increase resilience.Fred is a dedicated sponsor for the Women in Technology initiative at bp. This initiative is committed to improving women's access to STEM education in schools and universities, recruiting female talent at all levels of the organization, and retaining this talent by creating a workplace where everyone can thrive both as individuals and as part of our global teams.Fred joined bp in 2018 and has held a range of leadership roles, including supporting agile transformation, leading digital innovation teams across the customer facing businesses, and more recently leading the digital product groups for Aviation, CRM and Sustainability. Fred started her career as a technology consultant initially within the construction industry before
Engage with industry leaders, explore cutting-edge digital innovations, and discover bp’s culture and career opportunities.
bp is one of the largest energy companies globally, with a strong track record of innovation and has been a key player in driving digital transformation in the energy sector.
Major player in gas, retail, aviation fuels and sustainable mobility solutions in India. bp’s gas business accounts for 30% of India’s natural gas production.
bp collaborates with the Indian government on key initiatives to strengthen the country’s energy security and promote sustainable development. bp has energy development partnerships with Reliance and ONGC, the two leading energy companies in India.
Castrol, a bp company is the leader in Indian lubricants market. With a presence of over 100 years in India, it has continuously demonstrated a spirit of high performance, quality and innovation.
Established in 2021, the Pune digital tech hub has quickly become a cornerstone of bp’s global digital strategy – developing digital products and solutions for driving digital transformation, business growth, and efficient operations.
With over 700 professionals and ambitious plans, we plan to grow our digital tech community exponentially by 2026.
The Pune Hub, in collaboration with partners like Microsoft, Amazon, and Palantir, is at the forefront of developing innovative digital solutions that are vital to powering India’s growing economy.
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